The Latest Breaking News from Vijayawada

Vijayawada: Camps to address exam grievances

VIJAYAWADA: South central railway Vijayawada division is organising outreach camps for addressing the grievances of candidates who had appeared for the RRB exam of Level-1 RRCCE following protests by job aspirants over the selection of recruitment exams.

The Times of India · Jan 27, 2022

Mixed reactions greet new NTR Vijayawada district

VIJAYAWADA: The government’s decision to name the newly formed Vijayawada district as Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao (NTR) Vijayawada district has drawn mixed responses from the followers of NTR. While the TDP has welcomed the move, they also demanded that Machilipatnam district be named NTR Krishna district.

The Times of India · Jan 27, 2022

Tirupati to become Sri Balaji, Vijayawada gets NTR’s name

AMARAVATI: The temple town of Tirupati is becoming a new district and will be named after the presiding deity Lord Sri Balaji.

The Times of India · Jan 27, 2022

Covid-19: Positivity nears 30% in Andhra Pradesh, highest since March 2020

VISAKHAPATNAM/VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh reported a new daily high in Covid-19 cases as the state accumulated 13,212 infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 21,53,268. This is the highest one-day case total in about seven months. The daily positivity rate further increased to 29.7% as the new cases were detected…

The Times of India · Jan 21, 2022

Vijayawada: Woman gets 1-year jail term in cheating case

VIJAYAWADA: A woman, Dattaluri Venkata Anjani Shailaja, was sentenced to one-year imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 slapped on her for cheating another woman to the tune of 12 lakh after promising to sell her a flat.

The Times of India · Jan 19, 2022

Vijayawada police issue notice to ex-IAS officer’s parents

VIJAYAWADA: The city police on Wednesday issued notices to the parents of retired IAS officer PV Ramesh directing them to attend an investigation on January 22. Three police officials from Vijayawada visited the house of the parents of the former bureaucrat at Kondapur in Hyderabad to serve the notice.

The Times of India · Jan 19, 2022

Vijayawada: Familiarity breeds compassion towards patients

VIJAYAWADA: Neighbours are turning into good Samaritans for those who are down with Covid-19.

The Times of India · Jan 18, 2022

Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy seeks reduction in gap for precaution jab to 6 months

VIJAYAWADA: Chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has said he would write a letter to the central government, seeking to reduce the gap for administering the precautionary dose from the existing nine months to six months.

The Times of India · Jan 18, 2022